Roger & Alison

Roger & Alison

Retired friendly couple

About Roger & Alison

We are a mature couple, I am 65 and my wife is 56 who have recently retired. Although retired, I work casually as a handyman at a local children's nursery. My wife works as a Medical Receptionist in a local GP surgery. I hold a current DBS certificate (police check). We love the sunshine countryside and beaches and we are passionate about Italia...

We are a mature couple, I am 65 and my wife is 56 who have recently retired. Although retired, I work casually as a handyman at a local children's nursery. My wife works as a Medical Receptionist in a local GP surgery. I hold a current DBS certificate (police check). We love the sunshine countryside and beaches and we are passionate about Italian food. We are proud of our own home and respect others properties when visiting or holidaying. We are animal lovers and previously owned a Labrador retriever for 10 years. We have a lovely family including 3 daughters, son in laws and 7 grandchildren between us and are a sociable couple who love culture, history and enjoy cooking, reading, cycling, walking sports and swimming. We are non smokers. We are available for weekends providing we have notice.

Why we want to house sit

We are semi retired and love experiencing different cultures and places, we both love walking ,looking after animals and enjoy pet/house sitting.

Our experience

We were the owners of a Labrador retriever or for 10 years and have had a few other pets (Rabbits, Hampsters etc) over the years for our children who are now grown up and now we have the pleasure of 7 beautiful grandchildren. We have now completed four pet/house sits where we have looked after a Chocolate Labrador, Cocker Spaniel, 3 Guinea Pigs ,fish, a Black Labrador a Patterdale terrier, Kelpie Terriers, cats and a Shnauzer. We both enjoyed it very much. The dogs warmed to us immediately and were happy to spend time with us whilst their owners were away. We completed a house/pet sit in Perth Australia in December/january 2018. We looked after two dogs Toby and Kush for 2 weeks whilst the owners went on holiday. We fell in love with Toby and Kush straight away and they seemed to like us too. They were nervous of other dogs due to one of them being attacked as a puppy, both were rescue dogs. Although they were anxious on being taken out to the beach they were very good and we managed to handle them on their walks and we think they enjoyed them. Lovely owners and a lovely home to stay in. We carried out a pet sit in the spring looking after a lovely little shnauzer called Lexi and 3 cats, in the Cotswolds. Beautiful cottage and area. Lexi was adorable and very good, she seemed to take to us straight away and enjoyed her walks. The cats did their own thing but occasionally came to check in on us and one of them for a cuddle. We thoroughly enjoyed our pet sit. We are looking to sit in October either in Spain, Italy, Portugal. France, Greece or the UK and are hoping to be offered a pet sit Jan-Feb time in Australia next year. We both love travelling and experiencing different cultures.I love watching all sports particularly football. We both enjoy gardening and are passionate about it, we recently moved house and planned and created a contemporary garden from scratch doing all the work ourselves. we enjoy reading, cycling, swimming and are happy to carry out household jobs. The pet/house sits we have carried out have all given us five star reviews of which we are very proud.

Reviews (4)

John And Sharon - Shipston on Stour, United Kingdom

15 March - 19 March 2018

We can't thank Roger and Alison enough for making our first experience with house sitters so easy. They kept us updated with photos and progress reports of our dog and 3 cats. On our return the house was immaculate and the flowers were a delightful touch. Lexi our dog was so relaxed she wasn't ... + More

We can't thank Roger and Alison enough for making our first experience with house sitters so easy. They kept us updated with photos and progress reports of our dog and 3 cats. On our return the house was immaculate and the flowers were a delightful touch. Lexi our dog was so relaxed she wasn't that excited to see us! We had a short while with them before we left - but really felt we were leaving everything in very capable hands. We would highly recommend them.

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Annette - Perth, Western Australia, Australia

21 December - 04 January 2018

We would recommend Roger and Alison to anyone looking for reliable trustworthy animal loving house sitters. Lovely happy couple on meeting them at pre sit dinner, like we had known them forever, Kush & Toby liked them on first meet and on arrival home were very relaxed well fed and happy to see ... + More

We would recommend Roger and Alison to anyone looking for reliable trustworthy animal loving house sitters. Lovely happy couple on meeting them at pre sit dinner, like we had known them forever, Kush & Toby liked them on first meet and on arrival home were very relaxed well fed and happy to see us, Roger & Alison kept in contact with photos of dogs and house updates whilst away. House presentation was immaculate on arrival home. We were very pleased to have Roger and Alison stay at our property and would recommend them for any house sit. It was a pleasure getting to meet such a lovely couple and making new friends from this experience.

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Response from Roger & Alison

Hi Annette and Brad. Thank you so much for allowing us to sit your wonderful dogs and letting us stay in your beautiful home. We hope that we will meet again in the future. Regards Roger and Ali

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Rachel - Thirsk, United Kingdom

23 September - 25 September 2016

Such a lovely couple, the dogs took to them straight away. I had no problem leaving them in charge for the weekend. Thank you! + More

Such a lovely couple, the dogs took to them straight away. I had no problem leaving them in charge for the weekend. Thank you!

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Response from Roger & Alison

Hi there. We have only just seen this review. Thank you so much for posting this. We thoroughly enjoyed looking after Twiga and Noodle. They were so good for us. We loved your home and the surrounding area where you live and enjoyed our walks with the dogs. If you need a house sitter again in the future we would be happy to sit for you. Best regards to you all, Alison and Roger xx

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About Roger & Alison

We are a mature couple, I am 65 and my wife is 56 who have recently retired. Although retired, I work casually as a handyman at a local children's nursery. My wife works as a Medical Receptionist in a local GP surgery. I hold a current DBS certificate (police check). We love the sunshine countryside and beaches and we are passionate about Italian food. We are proud of our own home and respect others properties when visiting or holidaying. We are animal lovers and previously owned a Labrador retriever for 10 years. We have a lovely family including 3 daughters, son in laws and 7 grandchildren between us and are a sociable couple who love culture, history and enjoy cooking, reading, cycling, walking sports and swimming. We are non smokers. We are available for weekends providing we have notice.

We are a mature couple, I am 65 and my wife is 56 who have recently retired. Although retired, I work casually as a handyman at a local children's nursery. My wife works as a Medical Receptionist in a local GP surgery. I hold a current DBS certificate (police check). We love the sunshine countryside and beaches and we are passionate about Italian food. We are proud of our own home and respect others properties when visiting or holidaying. We are animal lovers and previously owned a Labrador retriever for 10 years. We have a lovely family including 3 daughters, son in laws and 7 grandchildren between us and are a sociable couple who love culture, history and enjoy cooking, reading, cycling, walking sports and swimming. We are non smokers. We are available for weekends providing we have notice.

Why we want to house sit

We are semi retired and love experiencing different cultures and places, we both love walking ,looking after animals and enjoy pet/house sitting.

Our experience

We were the owners of a Labrador retriever or for 10 years and have had a few other pets (Rabbits, Hampsters etc) over the years for our children who are now grown up and now we have the pleasure of 7 beautiful grandchildren. We have now completed four pet/house sits where we have looked after a Chocolate Labrador, Cocker Spaniel, 3 Guinea Pigs ,fish, a Black Labrador a Patterdale terrier, Kelpie Terriers, cats and a Shnauzer. We both enjoyed it very much. The dogs warmed to us immediately and were happy to spend time with us whilst their owners were away. We completed a house/pet sit in Perth Australia in December/january 2018. We looked after two dogs Toby and Kush for 2 weeks whilst the owners went on holiday. We fell in love with Toby and Kush straight away and they seemed to like us too. They were nervous of other dogs due to one of them being attacked as a puppy, both were rescue dogs. Although they were anxious on being taken out to the beach they were very good and we managed to handle them on their walks and we think they enjoyed them. Lovely owners and a lovely home to stay in. We carried out a pet sit in the spring looking after a lovely little shnauzer called Lexi and 3 cats, in the Cotswolds. Beautiful cottage and area. Lexi was adorable and very good, she seemed to take to us straight away and enjoyed her walks. The cats did their own thing but occasionally came to check in on us and one of them for a cuddle. We thoroughly enjoyed our pet sit. We are looking to sit in October either in Spain, Italy, Portugal. France, Greece or the UK and are hoping to be offered a pet sit Jan-Feb time in Australia next year. We both love travelling and experiencing different cultures.I love watching all sports particularly football. We both enjoy gardening and are passionate about it, we recently moved house and planned and created a contemporary garden from scratch doing all the work ourselves. we enjoy reading, cycling, swimming and are happy to carry out household jobs. The pet/house sits we have carried out have all given us five star reviews of which we are very proud.